יום שבת, ח׳ תשרי תשפ״זSaturday, September 19, 2026
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In 1886, Berliner commenced work on what would become the gramophone, the recording and reproduction of sound by means of disc records.
Israel’s fighter pilots shot down 24 hostile airplanes in air-to-air combat during the war without losing one.
So even if there is no certification, the U.S. doesn’t automatically opt out of JCPOA, as The New York Times erroneously editorialized last week.
It could hardly be argued that the lawmakers of the time had “transgenderism” even remotely in mind when they acted to outlaw sex discrimination.
We have neither of the mitzvos at this point. The tefillin were sold and the esrog is invalid. Let us at least have shalom bayis [marital accord and harmony].
What should you have in your life’s backpack? What skills are essential for you to live your best life?
The simple man was very impressed with these stories and the following morning he told his wife that he was preparing a sumptuous feast for erev Yom Kippur.
By Sandy Eller
Much has been written about how amazing it is to marry off a child, including articles by moi on the topic.
A pro at multitasking, she also held many other public offices.
By Yaffa Ganz
It's not that I want to be neat, it's just that I can't function in the midst of a mess.
We live in a time where 'heroes' are being reconsidered in a 'PC' prism leading to statues being felled. But where is the public remonstrance against the celebrated anti-Semites of history?
So, Mom, how are you keeping yourself busy now that we've all left home?
We Jews are alive and thriving, Baruch Hashem. At each memorial in Poland we were uplifted by the sight of the blue and white flags of the state of Israel, placed there as reminders: “Never again.”
Year after year, I strategized: How far in advance should I tell them the kids the dreaded shots were coming? Regardless of when, I always had lollipops in my pocket
To my sorrow I have found there is a great divide between secular Jewish youth and the older generation of our people. These students have no familiarity with our glorious history, nor with Israel If you don’t know who you are as a Jew, your Jewishness becomes a burden
In my book, all medical appointments take priority. But just as vital as going to your medical appointment is actually booking one (pun intended) in the first place.
Accordingly, the lender must first try to enforce the primary obligation against each borrower before he may sue the other borrower in his capacity as guarantor.
It’s probable that one toddler, imagining that she had been deserted, would just have sat down on the floor and maybe cried until someone reunited her with her loving mother.
Watch What You Pray For ‘Acts Befitting Your People’ (Sanhedrin 85a)
You’ve never stared down the barrel of a gun before – at least not a real one.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
On the one hand, Sukkot is the most universalistic of all festivals with the sacrifices brought by the 70 nations; on the other, it is the most particularist of festivals, the festival of a people like no other, whose only protection was its faith in the sheltering wings of the Divine presence.
Question: Why does the chazzan recite shehecheyanu on Yom Kippur night? Elimelech Feldman (Via E-Mail)
I don't know whether I can use ma'aser money to purchase a mitzvah, said Aharon.
When Yom Tov begins on Wednesday night, the eruv tavshilin ceremony is performed on Wednesday and when Yom Tov begins on Thursday night it is performed on Thursday, in each case by the head of the household.
The thief took his advice and did so. Yet, when the official got up to speak, he informed the court of all the horrible things the highwayman did to him.
Three Easy Recipes For Chol HaMoed Dinner
In his capacity as chief rabbi he was no longer associated with any particular shul and would speak each week on a rotating basis at a different shul in the community.
This is the perfect time to practice really enjoying mitzvos.
Rav Henkin (1881–1973) represented a unique blend of Torah scholarship, humility, and a lifelong dedication to the highest levels of discreetly preformed chesed.
Mahmoud Abbas’s encouragement of anti-Israel violence consists not just of the aforementioned payment of stipends to the families of terrorists.
According to the OU, some 30,000 yeshiva students cannot participate in the program.
By Doria Kahn
He wants to ensure that commentators and modern scholars are in agreement regarding the identification of any given animal.
It is a world in need of atonement, which means a redirection of its energies and objectives.
You're not at a healthy weight, Shevi. We have to do something about this.
By Libi Astaire
During the 1500s, the Church added another reason for the enforced segregation: to further degrade and humiliate the Jewish community so they would convert to Christianity.
I am obsessed with Trader Joe’s chili lime seasoning. Most, if not all, of the Trader Joe’s spices are under the OU, and are just amazing.
Most of my parents’ friends did not have a single relative left in the world after the war and so they formed new families and attachments.
Through your courage in sharing and your friend’s compassion, you have created a powerful connection to somebody outside of your shame.
PBL (problem- or project-based learning as both are called) is a learning theory positing that as people learn, their minds actively connect new knowledge to pre-existing knowledge and build complex knowledge structures.
Going to therapy makes people extremely vulnerable and it is upsetting to know that there are those who take advantage of that.
Marina's story is truly an inspiration to all those who desire to understand what motivated Jews in Russia to seek their right to emigrate.
Rebbetzin Jungreis, a”h, though no longer with us has left a rich legacy that never fails to inspire.
Hashem has, after all, judged exactly the cases of our lives on 5,778 previous occasions. He has seen individual Jews and even the entire Jewish people turn their lives around many times before. The ultimate Judge is biased in our favor
The Makovsky Plan resurrects the old State Department approach of forcing Israel to do something that is virtually irreversible, while requiring the Palestinians to do something that is easily reversible.
How do we know the pledge was in error, though? asked the gabbai. Perhaps Mr. Hoffman intended to donate $10,000 regardless!
As if to emphasize the point, the Torah uses the phrase “be’etzem hayom hazeh” – “on this very day” – both in connection with fasting on Yom Kippur and with brit milah.
Question: Why does the chazzan reciting Shehecheyanu on Yom Kippur night? Elimelech Feldman (Via E-Mail)
Why would Hashem allow such a man to do teshuvah? And even more, why would Hashem change nature to save such a lowlife?
One’s Life Partner ‘The Only Poor In Israel Is The Subtly Wicked’ (Sanhedrin 76a)
If, however, both borrowers have assets, all the laws of a guarantor apply and the lender may not collect the entire loan from the guarantor but must collect half from borrower.
Another peculiar event that has covered the news recently is the players of the NFL who refuse to honor the flag and national anthem.
Hashem has put me in the right place at the exact time. It was a true miracle.
By Raphael Poch
Team members cared for the residents and guests and provided medical care and assessments as well as psychological first aid by members of the Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit.
By dvora
Considering that I am not a youngster, I have to admit that change, especially of the unexpected sort, is most challenging.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
Yom Kipper, the Day of Atonement, is the supreme moment of Jewish time, a day of fasting and prayer, introspection and self-judgment. At no other time are we so sharply conscious of standing before God, of being known by Him. But it begins in the strangest of ways. Kol Nidre, the prayer that heralds the evening […]
Although the manuscripts of the Rebbe’s writings were brought to Israel many years ago, this publication reveals extensive new information on the details surrounding their burial and discovery.
Although the Tel Aviv bombing was one of the few occasions during the war when the Axis powers caused Jewish deaths in Eretz Yisrael, it has been largely forgotten.
It is time for the entire world to join us in demanding that Iran’s government end its pursuit of death and destruction.
They could send and receive mail in the concentration camps but not in the death camps.
Moses, when he saw the frenzied partying and dancing before the calf, threw down the tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments in a fit of rage, shattering them into small fragments.
A prickly, uncomfortable feeling was spreading through my chest and into my throat.
We let the children know that this was our time to recharge, reconnect, play, and perhaps enjoy a little quiet.
Kids with NVLD are very verbal and often do not have academic problems until they get to the upper grades in school.
Not only did Rav Avraham give tzedakah himself, but he also sought to get others to give as well.
Besides her gifts of beauty, prophecy, wisdom and leadership, Sarah also possessed, according to Chazal, great spiritual and material blessings.
Marriage is all about compromise and making sacrifices.
Suddenly it dawned on me that in 1967, during the Six-Day War, the armies of Israel recaptured the Temple Mount and the surrounding outer wall, which we refer to as the Kotel.
Once you are aware of WHY we are able to daven, you will think about the meaning of what you’re saying. Then davening becomes an opportunity to clarify our relationship with God.
By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
School is back in session and with it is a new initiative to fight anti-Israel lessons in textbooks used by Palestinian schoolchildren
If our teshuva is real, if we feel sincere regret and have resolved to become better, Hashem will look at us as new people.
Additionally, the day of Shabbos intrinsically carries with it a potential for spirituality and connection to Hashem that no other day has.
It used to be that when our youngest boys were about to go outside and it was cold, I’d sometimes remind them to take a jacket. Now I remind our youngest son, Yisrael Meir, to take pepper spray.
By T. Gestetner
She spoke with a smile on her face, exuding a calm acceptance of her less-than-ideal circumstances.
Withholding The Rod ‘A Rebellious Son Never Existed And Never Will’ (Sanhedrin 71a)
Question: According to Chazal, it would seem that women have no simcha obligation on Yom Tov other than to purchase new garments. Is that, in fact, the case? M. Schwartz
He should have anticipated that the plaintiffs themselves might later forget who gave what.
When the employer stipulates clearly that the work must be done by a certain time, failure to complete it on time is a breach of contract, replied Rabbi Dayan.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
The search for perfect justice is not for us, here, now. It is – as Moses taught the Israelites in the great song he sang at the end of his life – something that faith demands we leave to G-d, who alone knows the human heart, who alone knows what is just in a world of conflicting claims, and who will establish perfect justice at a time, and in a way, of His choosing, not ours.
I would like to suggest another approach to the akeidah narrative, one that perhaps ties the essence of the akeidah to Rosh Hashanah, and is alluded to within the tefillah itself.
Rosh Hashanah is here again. How will you pray this time? Will you reunite with your Heavenly Father this year? Will your visit with Him have meaning, or will it be “same old, same old”?
I attempted to look at the words more metaphorically: Who shall be tormented by the fire of ambition … who shall hunger for companionship … who shall thirst for approval … who shall be strangled by insecurity … who shall be plagued by the pressures of conformity. It made more sense to me that way, as it broadened the scope of the potential universe.
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